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 - [[ubi]]
 - [[agora actions]]
 - [[toot]]
+- [[twitter outage]]
 - [[literal]]
 - [[dylan steck]]
   - [[command k]]
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+# twitter outage
+
+I like twitter outages like that of [[2021-04-17]] because they make it easy to break free from the awkward embrace of a [[corporation]].
+